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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Federal Election 2011 Prediction
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 29, 2011 2 comments
This being the last Friday before the 2011 Federal Election, it seems a good time to make my public prediction on the outcome: CPC – 150 (38%) Liberals – 61 NDP – 65 Bloc – 30 Other – 2 I base this on two assumptions. 1. NDP gains will come mostly out of the Bloc’s [...]
Globe & Mail endorsement of Stephen Harper: the issue of health care reform
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 29, 2011 Comments Off
The Globe & Mail’s endorsement of Stephen Harper is a fascinating read. First they make sure that the reader understands that the Globe’s heart is with the Liberal Party. If only the Liberals had performed better in this election the Globe would have supported them. Then the Globe dismisses the NDP as being unserious on [...]
Fight of the century
Posted by Mike Brock on April 28, 2011 Comments Off
EconStories ups the ante with their new Hayek & Keynes rap video. Check it out: ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Socialists and conservatives alike: Calm down, your paradigms are not shifting
Posted by Mike Brock on April 27, 2011 6 comments
Look, Chairman Harper does not deserve to win this election. Only crazy people think such a thing. But a large portion of Canadians are crazy, and thus the likelihood that Canada’s general secretary will continue to oversee the politburo is quite high. Every left-winger I talk to believes that some sort of paradigm shift has occurred. That, Canadians [...]
NDP a threat to national unity?
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 27, 2011 2 comments
As the NDP rise in the polls we should be seriously considering the potential consequences of a stronger more influential New Democratic Party. Adam Radwanski has an interesting piece in the Globe & Mail where he suggests that a NDP caucus dominated by soft-nationalists may be more dangerous to national unity in the long run [...]
A new dawn for the NDP?
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 25, 2011 1 comment
This election has turned fascinating really quickly. The upsurge of the NDP especially in Quebec could be a new dawn for this old but untested federal party. We could be witnessing a reordering of Canada’s political parties as Bloc voters consider abandoning the socialistic nationalism of the BQ for the nationalistic socialism of the NDP. [...]
My god, not the shrubbery!
Posted by Terrence Watson on April 23, 2011 4 comments
On his new Sun News show, Ezra Levant celebrates Earth Day in, um, style. This seems somewhat… excessive. And maybe wear safety goggles next time? ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
A twitter rebellion in Canada
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 22, 2011 5 comments
Social media has proven itself a powerful tool to fight tyrants in Asia and Africa. Now here in Canada it may be used to defend free speech. According to this news article there is a movement on Twitter that would have people tweeting election results in violation of federal law. The law is this: Don’t [...]
Federal government appealling marijuana ruling
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 21, 2011 17 comments
The Federal government will appeal the Ontario Superior Court ruling that struck down marijuana possession and production laws. I can hardly say that this is a surprise but I do hope that we can engage in an honest adult debate about Canada’s drug laws. Regardless of the outcome of this case Canada should take another [...]
The Human Right not to be offended
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 21, 2011 5 comments
Comedian Guy Earle has lost his case and is being forced by the “Human Rights” Tribunal to give $22 000 for insulting someone at a comedy club. It is now a “human right” never to be offended. Well I am offended by this verdict. I am offended that this case would have been thrown out [...]
Michael Ignatieff versus Fraser Institute on Health Care
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 20, 2011 Comments Off
In an open letter Michael Ignatieff, among other things, demanded that Stephen Harper reject a study put forth by the Fraser Institute that recommends putting a five year moratorium on the Canada Health Act: Will you join me and the Canadian Medical Association in unreservedly rejecting the recent report of the Fraser Institute which called [...]
Dissapointed in Sun News Network
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 20, 2011 3 comments
This morning I flipped on the television as I got ready for work and I decided to give SNN’s morning show a try. The first news story that I heard was that Michael Ignatieff was somehow involved in the planning of the Iraq War. I immediately said, “yeah okay,” and turned off the television. Later [...]
Conservative or Liberal: a political game
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 19, 2011 Comments Off
A friend of mine came up with a great game. All you have to do is find a quote from the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party describing the respective party’s position on Canada’s health care system. Then you get people to guess which party said which quote. Here is a sample: 1. “While provinces [...]
Sun News versus CPAC on Health Care Reform
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 19, 2011 2 comments
Mark Rovere of the Fraser Institute is interviewed by both Sun News and CPAC on FI’s recent study of Canada’s heath care system. Here is the one from Sun News. Here is the one from CPAC (you have to skip ahead about a tenth of the way). You can decide yourself which interview is more [...]
Lies the left and social conservatives told me
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on April 18, 2011 Comments Off
I don’t make a distinction between liberals and social conservatives because there truly isn’t much of one. Neither is particularly good with money and the ideological agendas of both require a massive government to implement. As they are both philosophically statist, both are antithetical to me and everything I believe. Indeed, I think that an [...]
Note to Liberal Party: demonizing health care reform is destructive
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 18, 2011 Comments Off
Over the weekend the Liberal Party released an attack ad accusing the Conservatives of planning to cut spending to health care transfers. The attack is completely disingenuous. Stephen Harper has said many times that he plans on continuing the transfer deal that exists between the federal and provincial governments. In his younger days he may [...]
TSA gropes six-year-old girl
Posted by Peter Jaworski on April 14, 2011 3 comments
Here’s another wonderful example of the security state keeping us safe from the dangers that often come with six-year-old girls (who, as we know, are often used as mules and should probably always get an extra screening and a drug test and so on): Infuriating. ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Update on the TMX-LSE merger
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 13, 2011 Comments Off
A government committee is apparently ready to recommend that the Ontario government allow the TMX-LSE merger, but with some yet unknown caveats. Without knowing the details of the report it is hard to know what to think about this, but it is heartening that the deal is not yet dead. ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
The unconstitutional war in Libya
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 13, 2011 Comments Off
Gene Healy has posted this blog post over at Cato@liberty. In it Mr. Healy points out several flaws to the Obama administration’s legal defense of the war in Libya. The most important of these flaws is the claim that precedent allows the President to unilaterally go to war without Congress’ approval. But even had that [...]